Student Finance Administrator

2 weeks ago


Bellville South, South Africa Skills Academy Full time

Vacancy for a Student Finance Administrator
At Skills Academy our vision is to permanently change as many lives as possible through accessible quality education.

We are a young company looking to make a big impact and we need a driven, people oriented
Student Finance Administrator to join us in our ambitious goal.

We are a values based company, and we are looking for someone who lives by our values of:

  • Respect
  • Integrity and Honesty
  • Growth
  • Care & Commitment
  • Fairness & Consideration
  • Service and Generosity


With these values, and the people to embody them, we believe we can take the educational sector of South Africa by storm.

Our company is focused on growth like no other, we believe that in order to grow the company we need to grow the people.

So if you want to learn, to develop yourself and to be part of actually making a difference then Skills Academy is the place where you belong.

Would you like to be part of the team?

Our Student Finance Administrator duties are:

  • Maintenance of Student accounts on New FileMakerPro and ensuring that monthly statements are correct and are sent to students on time.
  • Quick and precise allocation of Student Fees and unallocated monies from Bank statements.
  • Give clear and helpful feedback to queries regarding student accounts, whether externally to students or internally to colleagues.
  • Processing of Student Refunds with accurate calculations and clear reasons for why the refund is requested so that a director can sign it off with a full understanding of the facts.
  • Actively pursuing extensions with proactive communication to students to encourage them to complete their studies. This is reported daily in terms of numbers, as well as cash value to the business
  • Managing cancellations, and ensuring the student is fully canceled on the student accounts as well as on the student management system. This needs to be reported on to the business in terms of numbers, reasons as well as cash loss to the business.
  • Processing vendor documents for companies that want to pay for training for their staff
  • Working with the developers to ensure the student management/ accounts system is working and helping to upgrade it.
  • Updating Collections Google Sheet Update timeously.
  • Manage all debit order functions on Real Pay.
  • Grade 12 Certificate
  • Tertiary Qualification (Advantageous)
  • Accounting/Finance background will be an added advantage.


Excellent communication skills
  • Verbal and Written
  • Intermediate Computer Skills
  • The drive to improve the collections rate

To further explore this opportunity, you must:

Write a cover letter that outlines the following:

  • How your experience and skill set matches the position and requirements.
  • Tell us about your interests and personality.
  • Why should we interview you?
Include your CV with Contactable References. Applications that do not include a cover letter will automatically be disqualified.

We will only be responding to the submissions we believe are a potential fit.

Closing Date: 10 February 2023

Job Type:
Full-Time

Salary:
R 6 500

We are based in Bellville South, Cape Town.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
R6,500.00 per month

COVID-19 considerations:
Personal protective equipment required
Temperature screenings
Social distancing guidelines in place
Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Bellville South,

Western Cape:
Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

  • High School (matric) (required)
Application Deadline: 2023/02/10

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